Its story

HIP 42122 has a visual magnitude of about 6.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42122: right ascension 8h 35m 11s, declination −34° 1′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42122. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42122, HD 73089, Gaia DR3 5638896995685909120. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.